Happenings, Insight Aug '18
Symposium on queering mental health
By Jia Mata
Jia Mata was at 'Varta’s' 5th birthday event focussed on queer perspectives on mental health
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Happenings, Manipur Diary May '18Transgender assertion and joy through Thabal Chongba in Manipur
By Bonita Pebam
For transgender women in Manipur, Thabal Chongba, a popular folk dance associated with the Yaosang or Holi festival, provides a welcome respite from a stigmatized existence. Bonita Pebam reports on...
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Happenings, Manipur Diary May '18Wrong arm of the law!
By Oinam Hemabati
Oinam Hemabati reports on a recent ordeal with the police in Manipur when he was falsely accused of helping a trans man abduct his lesbian partner from her home. And...
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Happenings Mar '18Campaign for right to travel by railways
By Disability rights organizations in India
A campaign organized by disability rights groups for the ‘right to travel by railways’ should be an eye-opener for all train travellers who don’t realize who’s getting left behind or...
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Happenings Dec '17In rage, and in hope, we fight
By Ajita Banerjie
Delhi witnesses a collective voice of dissent against the central government’s Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016. Ajita Banerjie reports
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Happenings Dec '17‘Transgender Day of Rage’ to mark Kolkata pride
By Kolkata Rainbow Pride Festival, Siddhartha Sankar
The 16th edition of the ‘Kolkata Rainbow Pride Walk’ is planned for December 10, 2017. The walk will be preceded by a protest against the discriminatory Transgender Person (Protection of...
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Happenings Nov '17Voicing out stasis in transgender lives
By Pawan Dhall
A trans* community hearing organized last week in Kolkata captured numerous grievances and complaints of government inaction across West Bengal. Pawan Dhall reports
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Happenings Oct '17Queer inclusion: Business not as usual
By Pawan Dhall
The business world in India has an opportunity to adopt a benchmark to prevent discrimination against queer people in the workplace and beyond. Pawan Dhall reports on the launch of...
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Happenings Aug '17‘Rakhi’ for a bus ride, when the law comes untied
By Shampa Sengupta
Shampa Sengupta on the 'rakhi' as a means of sensitizing public transport workers to the concerns of persons with disabilities in Kolkata
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Happenings Aug '17‘Queer Lives of the Media: A Panel Discussion’
By Sayan Bhattacharya
Sayan Bhattacharya will anchor 'Varta' webzine’s fourth birthday event at Alliance Francaise du Bengale on August 5, 2017, 7.30 pm onwards
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Happenings, Policy Matters Jun '17Community review of new disability rights law
By Ishan Chakraborty
Ishan Chakraborty reports on a recent meeting held in Kolkata to analyse the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act which was passed in December last year
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Happenings May '17Special Olympics: More than about sporting rivalry
By Shampa Sengupta
The Olympic Games are common knowledge. Even the Paralympics have begun to gain attention. But not many have heard of the Special Olympics – a sports-based movement of people with...
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Happenings May '17Digital media, queer lives and ‘Indian-ness’
By Kaustav Manna, Arunabha Hazra
Two books on the relationship between digital media and queer lives were launched recently in Kolkata. The event was part of the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia observations....
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Happenings Apr '17Autism eye-opener
By Aparajita Dutta
Aparajita Dutta was bowled over by the vibrancy at an event organized to mark Autism Awareness Day in Kolkata recently
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Happenings, Policy Matters Mar '17Discord on rules for Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016
By Disability rights organizations in India
Excerpts from a letter sent to the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment by the National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled Delhi, March 25, 2017: The National Platform for...
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Happenings Mar '17(Un)equal before the law?
By Danish Sheikh
Danish Sheikh on the launch of a report on obstacles to justice faced by queer people in India Delhi, February 24, 2017: The International Commission of Jurists today launched a report titled “Unnatural Offences”...